Global Patent Index - EP 4333428 A3

EP 4333428 A3 20240522 - SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRESENTING IMAGE CONTENT ON MULTIPLE DEPTH PLANES BY PROVIDING MULTIPLE INTRA-PUPIL PARALLAX VIEWS

Title (en)

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRESENTING IMAGE CONTENT ON MULTIPLE DEPTH PLANES BY PROVIDING MULTIPLE INTRA-PUPIL PARALLAX VIEWS

Title (de)

SYSTEM UND VERFAHREN ZUR DARSTELLUNG VON BILDINHALT AUF MEHREREN TIEFENEBENEN DURCH BEREITSTELLUNG VON MEHREREN PARALLAXEN INTRA-PUPILLEN-ANSICHTEN

Title (fr)

SYSTÈME ET PROCÉDÉ POUR PRÉSENTER UN CONTENU D'IMAGE SUR DE MULTIPLES PLANS DE PROFONDEUR EN FOURNISSANT DE MULTIPLES VUES DE PARALLAXE INTRA-PUPILLE

Publication

EP 4333428 A3 20240522 (EN)

Application

EP 24152541 A 20171020

Priority

  • US 201662411490 P 20161021
  • EP 17861810 A 20171020
  • US 2017057730 W 20171020

Abstract (en)

A head-mounted display system (60) and corresponding method, comprising a light source (1026) comprising a plurality of spatially distinct light output locations; a spatial light modulator (1018) configured to modulate light from the light source (1026); and projection optics (1020) configured to direct light from the spatial light modulator (1018) for propagation into an eye (210) of a viewer, wherein the display system is configured to display a virtual object on a depth plane by injecting a set of parallactically-disparate intra-pupil images of the virtual object into the eye (210) of the viewer, wherein injecting the set of parallactically-disparate intra-pupil images comprises changing a path of light from the light source (1026) to the spatial light modulator (1018) by activating different ones of the light output locations to increase a magnitude of parallax disparity between the parallactically-disparate intra-pupil images as the virtual object decreases in perceived distance to the viewer.

IPC 8 full level

G02B 27/01 (2006.01); G02B 30/40 (2020.01); G06T 19/00 (2011.01); H04N 13/128 (2018.01); H04N 13/344 (2018.01); H04N 13/383 (2018.01); H04N 13/398 (2018.01)

CPC (source: CN EP IL KR US)

G02B 27/0101 (2013.01 - CN); G02B 27/0172 (2013.01 - EP IL KR US); G02B 27/0179 (2013.01 - IL KR US); G02B 30/24 (2020.01 - IL KR US); G02B 30/34 (2020.01 - IL KR US); G02B 30/40 (2020.01 - EP IL); G06T 19/00 (2013.01 - CN); H04N 13/128 (2018.05 - CN EP IL KR US); H04N 13/324 (2018.05 - IL); H04N 13/339 (2018.05 - IL KR US); H04N 13/341 (2018.05 - IL KR US); H04N 13/344 (2018.05 - CN EP IL KR US); H04N 13/346 (2018.05 - IL); H04N 13/383 (2018.05 - CN EP IL KR US); H04N 13/398 (2018.05 - CN EP IL US); G02B 2027/0127 (2013.01 - EP IL); G02B 2027/0134 (2013.01 - EP IL KR US); G02B 2027/0185 (2013.01 - EP IL); G02B 2027/0187 (2013.01 - EP IL KR US); H04N 13/324 (2018.05 - US); H04N 13/346 (2018.05 - US); H04N 2213/008 (2013.01 - IL US)

Citation (search report)

  • [A] US 2015205259 A1 20150723 - KIM HYUN EUI [KR], et al
  • [A] JP 2002228978 A 20020814 - MIXED REALITY SYSTEMS LAB INC
  • [A] US 2015178939 A1 20150625 - BRADSKI GARY R [US], et al
  • [A] SUNG-KYU KIM: "Full parallax multifocus three-dimensional display using a slanted light source array", OPTICAL ENGINEERING., vol. 50, no. 11, 1 November 2011 (2011-11-01), BELLINGHAM, pages 114001, XP055695881, ISSN: 0091-3286, DOI: 10.1117/1.3643728
  • [A] SUNG-KYU KIM AND DONG WOOK KIM: "Development of three types of multi-focus 3D display", SPIE, PO BOX 10 BELLINGHAM WA 98227-0010, USA, 19 May 2011 (2011-05-19), XP040559995, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1117/12.883609
  • [A] ANDREW MAIMONE ET AL: "High Efficiency Near-Eye Light Field Display", ACM TRANS. GRAPH. ARTICLE, 1 November 2013 (2013-11-01), XP055433360, Retrieved from the Internet <URL:https://www.cs.unc.edu/~maimone/media/Maimone_GTC2015.pdf> [retrieved on 20200515]
  • [A] TSUBASA KANEBAKO ET AL: "Time-multiplexing display module for high-density directional display", SPIE - INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR OPTICAL ENGINEERING. PROCEEDINGS, vol. 6803, 14 February 2008 (2008-02-14), US, pages 68030P, XP055692422, ISSN: 0277-786X, ISBN: 978-1-5106-3377-3, DOI: 10.1117/12.767881

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

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DOCDB simple family (application)

US 201715789895 A 20171020; AU 2017345780 A 20171020; CA 3039990 A 20171020; CN 201780078662 A 20171020; CN 202210966066 A 20171020; EP 17861810 A 20171020; EP 24152541 A 20171020; IL 26607019 A 20190416; IL 30240523 A 20230424; IL 31145124 A 20240313; JP 2019519708 A 20171020; JP 2022114662 A 20220719; JP 2023118182 A 20230720; KR 20197013235 A 20171020; KR 20237021967 A 20171020; KR 20237039069 A 20171020; US 2017057730 W 20171020; US 202217581773 A 20220121; US 202318168494 A 20230213; US 202318490169 A 20231019